In this paper, we study a diffusive SIRS-type epidemic model with transfer from the infectious to the susceptible class. Our model includes a general nonlinear incidence rate and spatially heterogeneous diffusion coefficients. We compute the basic reproduction number of our model and establish the global stability of the disease-free steady state when . Furthermore, we study the uniform persistence when and perform a bifurcation analysis for a special case of our model. Some numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the dynamics of the solutions as the model parameters are varied.
Keywords: Bifurcation analysis; Global stability; Reaction–diffusion; Uniform persistence.
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